Car seal



I. E. DAY

CAR SEAL Nov. 11, 1.930.

Filed May 17, 1929 INVENTOR.

%% ATTORNEY,

Patented Nov. 11, 1930 IVAN 12:. DAY, or nnennron, o irof CAR s'EA Application filed. May 17, 1929. Serial No. 363,848;

struction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which I Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the seal in locked position; i

Fig. 2 is a diagram is made;

i Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a seal embodying the invention, partly in section as it appears before being locked; and

" having been locked.

The invention is comprised of a seal formed of a thin metallic plate 1, initially shaped as indicated in Fig. 2, to have a main portion 2 a V Fig. 4 is a similar View of the seal after with oppositely disposed seam flanges 3 and 4, at the sides thereof, and oppositely disposed lock-members 5 and 6 at the ends thereof, and also contiguous with one end thereof a strip 7 to form a shackle. The lock mem- 3e ber 5 has a portion thereof cut and bent so as to form a projection 8, and the lock member 6 also has portions thereof cut and bent to form a series of projecting latches 9, the end of said lock member 6 being slit and bent so as to present divergent fingers 10 and 11. The free end of the strip 7 has made therein at a point spaced from its extreme end a slot 12, and in that portion of the strip back of the opening is formed a series of projecting latches 13 that slant backwardly from said end. Also, the strip has a deflector 14 in the form of a tongue that projects outwardly from the face of the strip oppositely with respect to the latches 18, and toward the slot.

The head 15 of the seal is formed of the main portion 2 and lock members 5 and 6 by folding the lock member 6 over onto the face of the main portion adjacent thereto and bending the lock member 5 so as to extend 0 over the other lock member 6, and subse I I showing the shape of a formed metallic plate from which the seal quently the main portion 2 is folded and its flanges 3 -and' 4 clinched together to form a 6 are enclosed by said main portion, the outer scam 16, whereby the lock members 5 and ofthe lock member 5 adjacent saidmain por tion. The rearend of the head is openofor the reception of the free end of the shackle 7 ,the lock'members 5 and 6 being spaced apart sufficiently to admit. of the forced insertion of said endof the. shackle therebetween. The fingers '10 on the freeendof the lockmember6 extend downwardly and bear upon the adjacent face of the main portion 2 so that said lock member is held slightly spacedbetween its ends from said face so as to admit of being. sprung downwardly. The projection 8 on the lock memberh is inclined downwardly at a point opposite the forwardly extending finger 11 of the lockmemher 6, and the latches 9 of the lock member 6 project upwardly and toward the closed end I ofthe head.- Vhen the shackle 7 is bent into a loop andits free endthereby presented for insertion into the open end ofthe head, the

latches13 thereof project downwardly and slant oppositely with respect to the latches 9 of the lock member 6, and the deflector 14 projects upwardly and toward the free end of the shackle. I Y

. In applying the seal to a door fastening (not shown) or other object to besealed, the shackle is looped through the fastening in the .customarymanner, and the end ofthe shackle is then inserted into the head between the-lock members 5 and 6, whereupon the extreme end of the shackle is guided, downwardly beyond the projecting finger 11 by the projection 8, causing the finger to become locked in the slot 12 of the shackle, and the latches 13of the shackle have :locked engagement with the latches 9 of the lock member 6. Also,'the deflector 14 is wedged between the end of the lock member 5 and the overlying wall of the head 15' formedof 'the main portion 2, as indicated in Fig. 4,

The insertion of; the deflector into place forces the end of the lock member downwardlyso that thecorresponding end of the head becomes closed. The deflector prevents the insertion of a thin instrument into the head between the lock member 5 and the locked end of the shackle and thus forestalls unlawful opening of the seal;

What I claim is e '1. -A car seal formed ofa single metallic sheet shaped with a main portion" having side seam fiangesand oppositely projecting lock members at its ends, and a shacklestrip contiguous With one of its ends one of said lock members having a projection 'for'ined' the head, one end of said strip being provided With means engageable With both of said members Within said head when inserted therein, for locking the strip and for closing the end of the head through which it is inserted.

ln-testimonywhereof I an: my signature IVAN DAY.

therein, and the other lock member having;

divergent fingers 'at its free end and a series of projecting latches between its. ends, the

.. free end of said shackle strip having a slot adjacent its extreme end, and a series of projecting latches backof said slot inclii-ied therefrom, and a "deflector back of said. latches upon the sideof-t-he strip opposite thereto, said lock-member's being foldedone over the other and .in'c losed by said main portion which is folded and its flanges clinched together iormi-ng a head for the seal,- the free end of said shackle strip,

when inserted in said head, havi-nglocking engage ent \vithone of -said members, and the deflector thereof being wedged between the other member and the adjacent wal-l of said head. 2. A carseal fo med of a single metallic sheet the main portion "of which is folded and its sidesiclin'ched together to form a head,"there being a lock memhercontiguous on one side and 'adefle'ctor onthe oppo i the end of said strip is locked in place Where by the corresponding end of sit-icthead is A car seal formed ofsheet metal, pro vided'with a head containing twooppositely disposed lock members contiguous with the corresponding ends of the head; and a shackle stri'p extending fromon'e e-nd of the head, one end ofsaid strip bjeii'ig'i'nsert'a'ble betvveen said members and having latches site side thereof whereb the shackle strip is locked inthe head and the end oftli'eliead enough which the strip is inserted is closed; 4 A seal-Inadeof sheet metal, provide' izl With a folded main portion and we lock meliibers that are contiguous re iec'tiveiyf \vi thzthe opposit'eend's of said portion and enclosed "by said pana a-hie fielded screen and eensntate a h'a'd 'yand a shaekle strip eoeaguoas "with end as 

